Given the Portaferry woman's history of injuries, she has opted not to compete in China.

Mageean missed all of the 2013 season and much of 2014 after being troubled by an ankle injury.

Reynolds, 24, appeared reasonably confident after winning the Irish title on Sunday that he would get the call for Beijing and will head to China in good spirits after improving his Northern Ireland record to 13.48 seconds earlier this month.

In that race in the English Championships at Bedford on 1 August, Reynolds cut .01 off his previous personal best as he defeated last year's European Championship and Commonwealth Games silver medallist William Sharman.

"Momentum is picking up. Pace is picking up. I'm letting the quality flow now and letting the pace come through," said Reynolds after his Irish title triumph at Santry.